Re: TCP stalls in 2.0.33 and 2.1.x

Richard Gooch (rgooch@atnf.CSIRO.AU)
Wed, 18 Mar 1998 11:30:37 +1100


Richard B. Johnson writes:
> On Wed, 18 Mar 1998, Richard Gooch wrote:
>
> > David S. Miller writes:
> > >
> > > send tcpdump dumps of the bug in the act or else I have no possible
> > > way to diagnose and fix the stalls
> >
> > OK, I've got tcpdump_3.3.1a2-1.deb. I've made it suid-root, and I get:
> >
> > % tcpdump
> > tcpdump: linux socket: Socket type not supported
> >
> > Can some expert out there tell me what I'm supposed to do to get
> > tcpdump working?
>
> Change the socket type to SOCK_RAW, there is no longer a SOCK_PACKET.

Someone else suggested inserting the "af_packet" module, which seems
to do the trick. Have you checked the log I sent in my last message to
the list?

Regards,

Richard....

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